There is only one solution to the twin problems of escalating health
care costs and the epidemic of the uninsured: a Medicare-for-All,
single payer system.
Unfortunately, the healthcare debate on Capitol Hill has evolved
without serious consideration of the Medicare-for-All single payer
health proposal. There are many reasons for this, but one is that many
who actually support Medicare-for-All have claimed that the proposal is
"not feasible."
For nearly two decades, Wendell Potter led a very comfortable life as a public relations health insurance executive.
However, while flying on a corporate jet and being served lunch on
gold-rimmed china with gold-plated cutlery, Potter had an epiphany of
sorts.
He realised that the reason why millions of Americans were without
health insurance or under-insured was because: "Our Wall Street-driven
healthcare system has created one of the most inequitable healthcare
systems on the planet."
If and when health care reform finally passes, we will have
successfully ameliorated only half of the crisis. The treatment half.
The next step has to be focused upon doing something about the poisoned
filth we've collectively nicknamed "food." Without any real changes in
how our food is produced, the health care system will continue to bloat
and fall apart. Not unlike the insides of an average American body.
With America's elders on their way to doubling by 2030, thanks to 78 million aging boomers, one might think health care reform would address the fragmented excuse for a long-term care (LTC) system needed to assist seniors as they become frail.